This comic is classic Poorly Drawn Lines—deadpan delivery, absurd twist, and emotional subtext dressed in simplicity.
π Breakdown of the Humor:
Panel 1:
"Nothing surprises me anymore."
→ Jaded, emotionally checked-out.
Panel 2:
"Not even bees?"
→ (Proceeds to release a box labeled ‘Bees’ into the air.)
→ This is the comic’s absurd hook—completely unexpected and completely delivered with a straight face.
Panel 3 & 4:
The woman, now surrounded by bees, internally battles to maintain her cool:
“Must... continue to appear jaded.”
→ The comedy lands in the tension between actual chaos and the desire to seem unfazed.
π¬ Why It’s Brilliant:
Satirizes emotional detachment—the pressure to stay “cool” even when life literally unleashes bees on you.
Minimalist, yet deeply relatable—who hasn’t tried to look unaffected in the face of internal screaming?
Would you like to write your own version of this but with a twist (like “Not even taxes?” or “Not even toddlers?”)? I can help you script a parody panel or make a meme out of it!
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This Poorly Drawn Lines comic is both hilarious and deeply existential—classic of its genre.
π§ Breakdown: The Weight of “Potential”
Panel 1:
“What’s wrong, doctor?”
→ A familiar setup, expecting a grim medical diagnosis.
Panel 2–3:
“You have… potential.”
→ The twist flips the expected health concern into a deeply personal, psychological one.
Panel 4:
“You could do anything with your life.”
→ Instead of inspiring, this becomes a burden—the paralyzing weight of infinite options.
Panel 5:
“I’m so sorry.”
→ Deadpan humor meets the crushing anxiety of expectation. It’s painfully relatable.
π¬ Why It Hits Hard (And Funny):
Potential = Pressure in a world where self-worth is often tied to productivity.
It turns a motivational clichΓ© into a diagnosis, which is both clever and haunting.
It speaks to the fear of not living up to who we could be, which is a shared millennial/gen Z mood.
Would you like a parody version with your own “diagnosis” twist? (e.g., “You have… charisma. You could convince people to join multi-level marketing.”) I can help create a custom comic or meme riff on this one.
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This Poorly Drawn Lines comic is a purr-fectly nerdy and hilarious take on SchrΓΆdinger’s Cat—but with a twist of dry wit and surprise.
π Comic Breakdown: "It Could Be Anything"
Panel 1:
“As long as this present is unopened, it could be anything.”
→ A nod to the quantum superposition principle: the idea that something can exist in multiple states until observed.
Panel 2–3:
“Like that cat from philosophy class.”
→ A clear reference to SchrΓΆdinger’s Cat, the thought experiment where a cat in a box is simultaneously alive and dead until opened.
Panel 4:
MRAAAOOOW!
→ Surprise! The cat is real, alive, and also very annoyed.
Panel 5:
“How did you guess?”
→ Deadpan delivery seals the joke. The absurdity of actually wrapping a cat as a present becomes the literal punchline.
π§ Why It’s Clever:
Philosophy meets absurd reality
The comic plays on intellectual abstraction (quantum uncertainty) but lands it in an everyday scene—gift-giving.
The cat breaking out of the gift box adds a visual, chaotic punch to the otherwise calm dialogue.
